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Tonsillitis prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment among patients at Al-Baha Region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal for Health Sciences, 2023
Background: Tonsillitis is considered one of the most otolaryngological diseases affecting children and adults. Tonsillectomy is one of the common surgical procedures mostly with children and in cases of chronic tonsillitis or recurrent tonsillitis. Aims:
Rawan M Alghamdi, Rajab Ahmed Alzahrani, Abdullah Ali H Alzahrani, Fayez Saad Alghamdi, Mohammad A Albanghali, Shazia Shaheen Mir, Shaia Saleh Rajab Almalki   +6 more
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Some Pro and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Children with Tonsillitis and their Correlations with Vitamin D Deficiency

Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Inflammation of the tonsils could be described as acute tonsillitis, mainly due to infection. Recurrent tonsillitis could be defined as 3-7 episodes during the first 3 years of age.
Zainab Alhakeem, Najwan Kaisar Fakree, Ahmed AbdulSamad Muhsen, Nuha Majeed Hashim   +3 more
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Tonsillitis

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
Acute tonsillitis is a common illness that affects patients of all ages but the risk of complication increases with the young. Tonsillitis commonly presents with a sore throat and difficulty swallowing and will often have swelling of the tonsils with exudate on physical examination.
Nimmana BK, Paterek E.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Diagnostic Value of Histological and Microbiological Screening in Etiopathogenesis of Recurrent and Hypertrophic Tonsillitis [PDF]

Bioautomation, 2006
Interest in the mechanisms and causes of recurrent tonsillitis is considerable. CD4+CD25+ T-lymphocytes have an important role in the maintenance of immunological tolerance.
Uldis Viesturs, Gundega Knipshe, Aija Zilevica, Jurijs Markovs, Sergejs Isajevs   +4 more
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Molecular Mapping to Species Level of the Tonsillar Crypt Microbiota Associated with Health and Recurrent Tonsillitis

PLoS ONE, 2013
Anders Jensen, Mogens Kilian
exaly   +3 more sources

TikTok Tonsils [PDF]

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2021
There has been a subjective increase in the number of patients presenting for tonsil stones to our pediatric otolaryngology clinic. This may be related to frequent viewing of videos on the social media application, TikTok, pertaining to tonsil stones.
Anita Sulibhavi, Glenn Isaacson
openaire   +2 more sources

Tonsillitis - kissing tonsils

, 2020
Ian Bickle
openaire   +2 more sources

Oral hygiene status of patients with tonsillitis and tonsilar hyperplasia in a teaching hospital

Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: The number of recurrent tonsillitis and tonsillar hyperplasia requiring tonsillectomies annually is huge. Poor oral hygiene has been linked with the occurrence of these tonsillar diseases.
Adekunle Moses Adetayo, Ayodele Moses Akinola, Abdurazzak Olanrewaju Taiwo, Modupe Olusola Adetayo   +3 more
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Chronic tonsillitis in adolescents: clinical features and the role of ultrasound diagnosis in the northern region of Ukraine

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2023
Background. Chronic tonsillitis is the most common disease among children and adolescents in the structure of pathology of the ENT organs. Untimely diagnosis and irrational treatment lead to decompensation of chronic tonsillitis and the development of ...
Yu.A. Manko, O.I. Smiian, A.M. Loboda, S.V. Popov, P.I. Sichnenko, O.G. Vasylieva, K.O. Smiian, I.Yu. Vysotsky, T.O. Aleksakhina   +8 more
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Can Shear Wave Elastography Help Differentiate Acute Tonsillitis from Normal Tonsils in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Preliminary Study

Children, 2023
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a non-invasive imaging technique used to quantify the elasticity/stiffness of any tissue. There are normative SWE studies on tonsils in healthy children in the literature.
Bunyamin Ece, Sonay Aydin
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